April 4, 200719 yr Luis Castillo's clone (I am not talking about De Aza's potential)? I swear, when I watched De Aza bat I felt like I was watching Luis Castillo bat. They both have the same batting stance, they both are slap hitters - Everything about him was Castillo like. Anyone notice?
April 4, 200719 yr I would certainly hope so, but Castillo was a perennial all-star when he was with the Marlins and I doubt we see another Castillo anytime soon.
April 4, 200719 yr Luis Castillo's clone (I am not talking about De Aza's potential)? I swear, when I watched De Aza bat I felt like I was watching Luis Castillo bat. They both have the same batting stance, they both are slap hitters - Everything about him was Castillo like. Anyone notice? Are we talking early years Luis or later? Really, it is way too early to compare de Aza to Luis. As far as at the plate, the obvious difference is the lack of switch hitting ability. Plus lets not forget that bit of power Luis had from the right side of the plate. I do like the approach de Aza is taking to his at bats early on and he looks smooth fielding balls in center.
April 4, 200719 yr Author Luis Castillo's clone (I am not talking about De Aza's potential)? I swear, when I watched De Aza bat I felt like I was watching Luis Castillo bat. They both have the same batting stance, they both are slap hitters - Everything about him was Castillo like. Anyone notice? Are we talking early years Luis or later? Really, it is way too early to compare de Aza to Luis. As far as at the plate, the obvious difference is the lack of switch hitting ability. Plus lets not forget that bit of power Luis had from the right side of the plate. I do like the approach de Aza is taking to his at bats early on and he looks smooth fielding balls in center. Well, I am mostly talking about looks wise (batting stance, slap hitter). I was not getting into production yet .
April 4, 200719 yr is it me, or are threads that have suspenseful titles with elipses and disappointing punchlines really annoying?
April 4, 200719 yr Luis Castillo's clone (I am not talking about De Aza's potential)? I swear, when I watched De Aza bat I felt like I was watching Luis Castillo bat. They both have the same batting stance, they both are slap hitters - Everything about him was Castillo like. Anyone notice? Are we talking early years Luis or later? Really, it is way too early to compare de Aza to Luis. As far as at the plate, the obvious difference is the lack of switch hitting ability. Plus lets not forget that bit of power Luis had from the right side of the plate. I do like the approach de Aza is taking to his at bats early on and he looks smooth fielding balls in center. Well, I am mostly talking about looks wise (batting stance, slap hitter). I was not getting into production yet . His stance is somewhat similar to Luis when he was hitting as a lefty. Luis' stance like you know was alot different batting righty. Alejandro's at bat against the King was encouraging tonight. If he has more solid at bats like that against lefties, the whole CF platoon idea may be scrapped which may not be a bad thing.
April 4, 200719 yr It's late and I'm not going to go do a web search to confirm but it seems to me when Castillo came up he was nowhere near the hitter he blossomed into years later. In fact, if I remember correctly he was sent down not once BUT TWICE after hitting in the mid-200s. Someone wanna check, but I think I'm pretty close. That said I am NOT making any comparison, in fact I don't see much if any physical similarities between the two in their approaches to hitting. But who knows what could happen. I think we need to see him in 25-30 games minimum to have any idea how he's going to do.
April 4, 200719 yr Author Yeah...sorry but this is a dumb thread. Not even close. I don't know but my mom and dad guessed it on the first try. I asked "Who does De Aza look like?" (Batting) and they both replied "Luis". It's because you guys havent "watched" him yet.
April 4, 200719 yr Luis Castillo's clone (I am not talking about De Aza's potential)? I swear, when I watched De Aza bat I felt like I was watching Luis Castillo bat. They both have the same batting stance, they both are slap hitters - Everything about him was Castillo like. Anyone notice? yea i posted this same thing in the other De Aza thread. Just the way he stands at the plate and steps out after every pitch to take the sign. Kinda cool, and from what I've heard he's a guy that will steal bases but is not the fastest guy, but gets great jumps kind of like Luis.
April 4, 200719 yr Author Luis Castillo's clone (I am not talking about De Aza's potential)? I swear, when I watched De Aza bat I felt like I was watching Luis Castillo bat. They both have the same batting stance, they both are slap hitters - Everything about him was Castillo like. Anyone notice? yea i posted this same thing in the other De Aza thread. Just the way he stands at the plate and steps out after every pitch to take the sign. Kinda cool. Finally, I am not the only one .
April 4, 200719 yr There is some similarity. You can mix in a little Juan Pierre as well. But you're not imagining anything. It's a good observation.
April 4, 200719 yr Isn't it a little early for the comparisons, to anything, for De Aza? I hope he succeeds, I really do, but I think it'll be incredible if he can manage to hit above .260 this year...so let's calm down with all the rookie of the year thoughts and the comparisons to some of our franchise's all-timers.
April 4, 200719 yr Isn't it a little early for the comparisons, to anything, for De Aza? I hope he succeeds, I really do, but I think it'll be incredible if he can manage to hit above .260 this year...so let's calm down with all the rookie of the year thoughts and the comparisons to some of our franchise's all-timers. we just talking about his approach/style at the plate which is very similar to that of Castillo's.
April 4, 200719 yr Author Isn't it a little early for the comparisons, to anything, for De Aza? I hope he succeeds, I really do, but I think it'll be incredible if he can manage to hit above .260 this year...so let's calm down with all the rookie of the year thoughts and the comparisons to some of our franchise's all-timers. Argh... I am not comparing Luis production with De Aza production :banghead . Just their style.
April 4, 200719 yr I like de aza... I really do... but whats with the stretch of hoping he looks like luis hitting... and proclaiming him the next great hitter?... Just me... but he reminds me of Carlos Delgado! on another note... anyone notice that renyel pinto looks exactly like Fernando Valenzuela! GEEZ!
April 4, 200719 yr Yeah...sorry but this is a dumb thread. Not even close. I don't know but my mom and dad guessed it on the first try. I asked "Who does De Aza look like?" (Batting) and they both replied "Luis". It's because you guys havent "watched" him yet. Did they both say luis because both players are black?
April 4, 200719 yr Yeah...sorry but this is a dumb thread. Not even close. I don't know but my mom and dad guessed it on the first try. I asked "Who does De Aza look like?" (Batting) and they both replied "Luis". It's because you guys havent "watched" him yet. Did they both say luis because both players are black? :lol
April 4, 200719 yr Author Yeah...sorry but this is a dumb thread. Not even close. I don't know but my mom and dad guessed it on the first try. I asked "Who does De Aza look like?" (Batting) and they both replied "Luis". It's because you guys havent "watched" him yet. Did they both say luis because both players are black? Well, Delgado, Lee, Pierre, Reggie etc: etc: are black and they didnt say them.
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